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Title
Two men playing a game of pool on horseback inside the home of Eugene Plummer, ca.1920
Creator
Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1920
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
California Historical Society
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Rights Information
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California
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Description
Photograph of two men playing a game of pool on horseback inside the home of Eugene Plummer, ca.1920. The man on the left is dressed in a business suit and a cowboy hat and is taking a shot, while the man on the right, dressed as a cowboy, looks on with his cue across his lap. The room they are in is ornately decorated, with an elaborate rug on the floor and pictures and a stag head on the wall. There is a chair next to a glass-topped display case near the wall on the right side of the picture.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w
21 x 26 cm.
negatives (photographic)
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m10878
USC-1-1-1-11029 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-9803
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m10878
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-9803.jpg
Subject
Billiards
Horses
Plummer, Eugenio
Recreation--Billiards
Recreational facilities
Time Period
circa 1920
Place
California
Hollywood
Los Angeles
USA
Source
1-31-218 [Microfiche number]
9803 [Accession number]
CHS-9803 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m265

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